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Book SynopsisEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Freedom of religion and belief is crucial to any sustainable development process, yet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pay little attention to religious inequalities. This book offers a comprehensive overview of how efforts to achieve SDGs can be enhanced by paying greater attention to freedom of religion and belief. In particular, it illustrates how poverty is often a direct result of religious prejudice and how religious identity can shape a person’s job prospects, their children’s education and the quality of public services they receive. Drawing on evidence from Asia, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa, the book foregrounds the lived experiences of marginalized communities as well as researchers and non-state actors.
Table of Contents1. Confronting Poverty, Prejudice and Religious Inequality: Ensuring No One Is Left Behind – Mariz Tadros, Philip Mader and Kathryn Cheeseman Part 1: Health and Wellbeing 2. The Intersection of Religion With the Health and Wellbeing SDG – Jill Olivier 3. How the Pandemic Impacted Religious Minorities in Iraq, and How Inclusive Journalism Helped – Salam Omer 4. Religion and Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccination: The Trust Deficit – Claire Thomas, Mayya Kelova and Albashir Mohamed 5. Religious Inequality and Health: Taking the Pulse Through a Global Review of the Literature – Ghazala Mir 6. Health and Wellbeing Alongside Belief Systems at the Patient Care Coalface: How Does Policy Fit in? – Somnath Mukhopadhyay and Haitham Abul-Eis Part 2: Education 7. Religion, Religiosity and Educational Progress – Elizabeth M. King 8. Training Iraqi Teachers To Become Effective Promoters of FoRB Principles in Primary Education – Haidar Lapcha and Yusra Mahdi 9. Advancing Freedom of Religion or Belief Through Religiously Inclusive Education – Knox Thames Part 3: Gender 10. Interrogating the Gender and Religious Equality Nexus – Mariz Tadros 11. Dire Conditions for Hazara Shia Pilgrims During COVID-19 Quarantine in Pakistan – Sadiqa Sultan 12. The ‘Messy’ World of Women and Religious Inequality – Kate Ward 13. Empty Chairs: FoRB’s Gender Problem – Andrea Mari and Kathryn Cheeseman Part 4: Water and Sanitation 14. Freedom of Religion or Belief, and Access to Safe Water – Kate Bayliss 15. How Clean Drinking Water in Joseph Colony Addresses Religious Inequalities and SDGs – Ali Abbas Zaidi and Bariya Shah 16. Why Do Religious Minorities in Pakistan Receive Less Water? – Mary Gill and Asif Aqeel 17. Drinking Water, Sanitation and the Religion Paradox in India – Nitya Jacob Part 5: Infrastructure and the Economy 18. How Digital Discrimination Affects Sustainable Development for Religious and Ethnic Minorities – Kevin Hernandez and Becky Faith 19. Poverty, Prejudice and Technology – Nighat Dad and Shmyla Khan 20. Beyond the Rhetoric of Freedom: Religious Inequity in Nigeria – Chris Kwaja 21. Religious Identity-Based Inequality in the Labour Market: Policy Challenges in India – Surbhi Kesar and Rosa Abraham Part 6: Inequalities 22. Religious Inequality and Economic Opportunity: Implications for SDG10 – Simone Schotte 23. The Justice Gap: Religious Minorities, Discrimination and Accountability Challenges – Claire Thomas and Mary Gill 24. Disability and Religious Inequality Intertwined: Double Discrimination Against Deaf Jehovah’s Witnesses in Uzbekistan – Dilmurad Yusupov 25. What Is Distinctive About Religious Inequality? Challenges and Opportunities for Development Policy – Michael Woolcock Part 7: Cities and Communities 26. Religious Inequalities, Inclusive Cities and Sustainable Development – Francesca Giliberto 27. ISIS Attack on the Divinely Protected City of Mosul: The Assault of Terrorism on Diversity and Peace – Omar Mohammed 28. Renaming Places in India: Conjuring the Present by Exorcising a Past – Rachna Mehra 29. Urban Development for Religious Equality: The Case of Youhanabad in Pakistan – Amen Jaffer Part 8: Climate and Nature 30. Religious Inequality and Environmental Change – Shilpi Srivastava and Vinitha Bachina 31. Discrimination Against Minorities and Its Detrimental Effect on Biodiversity Conservation: Lessons From the Batwa ‘Pygmies’ Around Semuliki National Park, Western Uganda – Moses Muhumuza 32. A Wounded Landscape and the Right To Protest at the River Club Site – Rifqah Tifloen 33. Climate Justice for the Religiously Marginalised – Lyla Mehta Part 9: Peace and Justice 34. The Significance of Freedom of Religion or Belief for Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions – W. Cole Durham Jr. 35. Recovering From the Trauma of Insurgency in Northern Nigeria – Maji Peterx 36. Religion, Caste and Marginality: Reflections on the Indian Criminal Justice and Prison System – Devangana Kalita 37. Key Blindspots in Thinking Around Peacebuilding Policy Makers and Practitioners Need To Address – Katharine Thane Part 10: Partnership 38. Partnerships and Religious Inequality – Amro Hussain 39. The Need for Secular-Religious Engagement – Kishan Manocha 40. Co-Creation for Freedom of Religion or Belief – Mike Battcock 41. Promoting FoRB in Fragile Contexts: Emerging Lessons From CREID on Legitimacy – Mariz Tadros 42. Epilogue – Mariz Tadros, Philip Mader and Kathryn Cheeseman
